Monday, March 30, 2009

An anonymous reader sent me a link to a web site called Red Hot Copy that provides tips for writing marketing copy. Sadly, the writer should have taken some of her own advice. Before you hire writers for their article writing services check out their credentials and portfolios first to make sure they won't commit silly mistakes such as the one below. See the headline next to the arrow in the screenshot below.

Mistake #6: perpetrating an apostrophe catastrophe when you want readers to see you as a writing expert.

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